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Law, Liberty, and Parliament: Selected Essays on the Writings of Sir Edward Coke »

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Authors: Allen D. Boyer
ISBN-13: 9780865974258, ISBN-10: 086597425X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
Date Published: February 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Allen D. Boyer

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Editor's Note
Introduction to Coke's "Commentary on Littleton"1
Writing the Law26
The Place of Slade's Case in the History of Contract70
Sir Edward Coke and the Interpretation of Lawful Allegiance in Seventeenth-Century England86
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634): His Theory of "Artificial Reason" as a Context for Modern Basic Legal Theory107
Further Reflections on "Artificial Reason"121
Against Common Right and Reason: The College of Physicians v. Dr. Thomas Bonham127
Bonham's Case and Judicial Review150
The "Economic Liberalism" of Sir Edward Coke186
Sir Edward Coke, Ciceronianus: Classical Rhetoric and the Common Law Tradition224
The Common Lawyers and the Chancery: 1616254
The Crown and the Courts in England, 1603-1625282
The Procedure of the House of Commons Against Patents and Monopolies, 1621-1624302
The Origins of the Petition of Right Reconsidered328
Coke's Note-Books and the Sources of His Reports357
Index387

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